Junkyard jamming

Updated 6:43 am, Thursday, November 3, 2011

Members of the "Stomp" percussion troupe pound awayay on oil drums. The show comes to the Majestic Theatre Nov. 4-6, 2011.

Members of the "Stomp" percussion troupe pound awayay on oil drums. The show comes to the Majestic Theatre Nov. 4-6, 2011.

Photo: Courtesy Junichi Takahashi

Junkyard jamming

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“Stomp” proves the old saying true: One man's trash is another man's treasure.

The percussion extravaganza, playing this weekend at the Majestic Theatre, features instruments made of household items, such as brooms and trash cans, and junkyard items, such as tire rims and radiator hoses.

“We find rhythm in everything,” said Andres Fernandez, a performer and the rehearsal director for the show. “It's not like a Cirque show where people ask, ‘How do they do that?' They leave our show feeling like they can do it.

“The first time I saw it, my friends and I were in our car honking the horn and banging on the dashboard, finding the sounds in everything.”

The 90-minute show flows from number to number without any dialogue or a storyline for the street performer characters on stage. Fernandez said there's no need to talk; people follow the characters and understand what's going on.

“Audiences love it,” he said. “I've heard that guys who don't normally go to the theater leave more excited than their girlfriends. They're amped about what they just saw.”

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A few highlights include “Paint Cans,” a number with various sizes of ordinary paint cans that are tossed in the air; and “Donuts,” with performers using sticks to drum on tractor-tire inner tubes. There are also revamped versions of the classic “Brooms,” “Poles” and “Bins” numbers.

Fernandez's favorite is “Bags,” where the characters make music out of whatever they pull out of the trash bin.

“I've been doing the show for 14 years and it never gets old,” he said.